George Pal

Jasper and the Choo-Choo

George Pal

A Puppetoon by George Pal.

Sky Princess

George Pal

In this Puppetoon, a wicked witch guards a sleeping beauty in her cloud castle; but while she's away a violin-playing prince sails up in his sky-ship.

The Time Machine

George Pal

Rod Taylor, Alan Young

A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.

Two-Gun Rusty

George Pal

In this George Pal Puppetoon short, Rusty dreams of adventure in an old-West setting.

The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal

Arnold Leibovit

George Pal, Ray Bradbury

Among the legends of Hollywood, George Pal takes his place as a true visionary, an innovator and a showman who profoundly shaped the art of motion pictures. A peer of Walt Disney, Pal pioneered stop motion animation and went on to virtually invent the modern science fiction and fantasy film genres. Pal's extraordinary genius molded a dazzling array of films, which earned an incredible total of eight Academy Awards and left a cinematic legacy that served as formative inspiration for the movies of George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Gene Roddenberry.

A Hatful of Dreams

George Pal

George Pal’s stop motion Puppetoons were peopled with all types of characters. Two of his most popular were a pair of lovestruck kids named Punchy and Judy. Here, down-on-his-luck Punchy obtains a magical straw hat from a plucky talking horse and transforms himself into Aladdin and, with the official permission of DC Comics, Superman. Hoping to impress Judy, Punchy’s delusions of grandeur only land him in jail. The talking horse is a witness at Punchy’s trial and cajoles the judge, arresting Officer Moriarty and members of the jury to test the hat, causing their secret selves to emerge inbound, a hilarious spectacle as their unfettered dreams and desire hold sway.

Rhapsody in Wood

George Pal

Woody Herman

Woody Herman spins a fairy tale about how his Woodchopper Grandpappy Herman chopped the wood necessary to form the clarinet Woody inherited and uses. Grandpappy formed it and put out magical enchanting sounds like the Pied Piper.

Together in the Weather

George Pal

In this Puppetoon animated short film, Judy, an enticing blonde, lives across the way from Punchy and uses all her feminine wiles to try to snare him.

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

George Pal

Tony Randall, John Ericson

An old Chinese man rides into the town of Abalone, Arizona and changes it forever, as the citizens see themselves reflected in the mirror of Lao's mysterious circus of mythical beasts.

Date with Duke

George Pal

Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington at the piano conducts a group of puppet perfume bottles playing his "Perfume Suite."

My Man Jasper

George Pal

The Scarecrow and the Crow trick Jasper out of all of his possessions. The Crow reads to the Scarecrow from Jasper's book. The Scarecrow falls asleep and dreams he is on trial for stealing Jasper's property.

The Little Broadcast

George Pal

Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher

The Great Maestro gets to conduct more than he can compose himself to. A Puppetoon animated short film.

The War of the Worlds

Byron Haskin

Gene Barry, Ann Robinson

The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.

Jasper and the Watermelons

George Pal

Jasper's desire for a ripe, red watermelon leads him to fabulous Watermelonland where he meets adventures that lessen his desire for watermelon and increases his wish to be back in the security of his Mammy's arms.

Tubby the Tuba

George Pal

Victor Jory

In this Puppetoon animated short film (an Academy Award Best Short Subject, Cartoons nominee), Tubby the Tuba is disappointed that his sound limits what he's permitted to do in an orchestra of self-playing instruments that, unlike him, get to play pretty melodies. A chance meeting with a bullfrog changes everything.

Aladdin and the Magic Lamp

George Pal

George Pal animation short of the fable of Aladdin and the Magic Lamp.